All Chapters of A Million Dreams: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Lisa sat rigid in the car while Will stood by the door awaiting Sonia.She couldn’t afford to show him a bit of a smile. Raymond may be very comfortable making headlines in newspapers but she didn’t want to.It could cost her her major investors; the Norths.Sonia returned soon to relay the news to her boss that the document she sought couldn’t be found. Lisa dismissed her with a wave of her hand and the journey to the company began. Although she had sworn not to, she couldn’t help but steal glances at him through the rear-view mirror. His eyes were tightly glued to the busy road in front of me. He didn’t even act like he knew she was watching!She closed her eyes and sighed. This was hard. Way harder than she had thought it would be.Perhaps, if he had hurt her or broken up with her in the past, it would have been easier but with the circumstances, they parted. It was going to be hard getting rid of him in her life.Maybe she should consider firing him and hiring another.No! God, no

Belinda took graceful steps, giving the cameras that flashed at her different exotic poses as she approached the shocked Lisa. The smile on her face was graceful but Lisa couldn’t help but find it pretentious and distasteful. “Lisa!” she sounded surprised. “I have seen you in a long while.”Lisa returned the fake smile with a fake one. “I haven’t seen you in a while either. Although I am glad about that.” One thing her position as CEO had taught her all these years was to have a vile tongue and not to spare frenemies the venom of her tongue. “I missed you.” She hugged her. Lisa felt disgusted. If it weren’t for the cameras snapping away furiously behind them, she would have pushed her away.She feigned a smile and patted Belinda’s back gently. “What are you doing here? I don’t remember sending an invitation card to your family.” She questioned the minute they disengaged. She had been the one in charge of sending out the entire invitations and she didn’t recall sending Belinda or h

“Where do you want to go to, ma’am?” Will asked for the umpteenth time, his eyes traveling between the dejected woman in the back seat and the road ahead of him. “Keep driving.” She replied absentmindedly, her gaze not leaving the window.It had been almost an hour since she ordered him to take her out of the party. An hour since they had been driving aimlessly around the streets. She didn’t brawl like he had expected her to. She just kept staring at the window, her gaze giving away her turbulent emotions. “Do you want to go home?” He knew he was crossing the line but he was willing to try after all. “Do you have a problem with driving? Or should I take this as a hint that you no longer want your job?” her voice was stern, piercing through the silence of the car. “Sorry, ma’am.”She scoffed, shifting her gaze to look at him for the first time since they started driving. “Are you really sorry? Or are you happy that I am in this position?” she returned her gaze outside the win

“…I have something important to discuss with you.”Lisa’s heart skipped a beat as she lowered herself to her chair. In truth, she knew whatever the woman had to say, it was related to the incident three days back. However, she couldn’t help the fear that enveloped her. She could already imagine her father’s disappointed face when he realizes she had been kicked out of the North’s family. “Raymond made a mistake.” Mary began. “A huge one that none of us can revert. I know you haven’t been home for the last three days.”Right, did Lisa forget she was living with a mama’s boy? “I won’t ask you where you have been in the last three days. Maybe, because I trust you wouldn’t do anything that would bring shame to this family.” She narrowed her eyes. “Unless you give me a reason not to trust you.”Lisa could have easily evaded her gaze but she met the woman’s gaze instead. It surprised her where the confidence had come from. “Well, we came to a decision after a long time of pondering.

Lisa shot off her mother’s lap, turning to look at her in shock. “What on earth are you talking about?” she tried hard not to raise her voice to attract her father who was probably still in the sitting room.Sighing, her mother reached out her hand to caress her hair. “Look, I know you are not in the best of mood right now but we still have to face the facts.”Lisa swallowed hard. “Are you implying that you believe them?”She was beginning to regret ever showing up there. “Of course not, sweetheart. Why would I believe them over my own daughter—” “Then, what are you saying?”She sighed. “Raymond is the only son of the Norths. You should know by now that they need an heir.”Lisa scoffed. “It is not my fault.” She stated. “I would never let that goddamn womanizer ever touch me.”Her mother held her shoulders. “You have to, Lisa. Everything is at stake here. The business, our family, your marriage, your reputation, everything.”Lisa scoffed. “I get it. You are more worried about havi